Police, fire and ambulance personnel attended the scene of the crash, which occurred on the A371 near the Royal Bath and West Showground.

Fire crews from Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury were dispatched at 2.31pm following initial reports of a crash involving a car and a lorry.

Upon arrival, however, crews confirmed that only one vehicle, the car, had been involved.

The car involved went through two hedges across the A371 (Image: Jason Bryant)

A spokesperson for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: "Two fire appliances from Shepton Mallet, together with the rescue tender from Glastonbury, were mobilised following a request from the South Western Ambulance Service for our attendance to initial reports of a two-vehicle crash involving a car and a lorry, where the car had left the carriageway and come to rest in a field.

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"However, on arrival of our initial crew they confirmed this was in fact a single-vehicle crash, involving a car, with a male casualty still within the vehicle, who was medically not physically trapped.

"Crews assisted paramedics with the casualty, before making the vehicle and scene safe. Duty of care was then left with ambulance and the police."

The vehicle is claimed to have come from the Bath and West Showground (Image: Jason Bryant)

Eyewitness Jason Bryant captured photos of emergency services personnel working at the scene.

He said: "The vehicle was leaving the bike show at the showground from the southernmost exit.

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"He had gone straight across a field on the Bath and West site, then across the busy A371 near Evercreech, going through two hedgerows, one each side of the road and ending up in a field. "

The showground played host this weekend to the Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show, which promised - according to the venue's official Facebook page - "everything on display from immaculate showroom-condition motorcycles to rusty barn-finds."

The South Western Ambulance Service has been approached for an update on the male casualty's condition.

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